2007 New Year Resolutions

It’s time of the year when everybody is resolute to make up their own resolutions list. Maybe I’ll just dig up my previous year list and see which one I’ve not accomplished and start on it (sigh).

To attend more church service before God forgets me, the wandering and lost sheep!

To resume my savings plan (which is so looooooooong overdue)

To start back on my exercise regime – to shed those unwanted kilos

To start eating healthy food but not vegetarian just less oily and junk foods, a bit difficult but hopefully can control myself

No junk foods ... er maybe once a while during the festive seasons :P



To learn a new recipe every month

To stop grumbling so much

To smarten my driving skill not that I’m bad but there's still room for improvement

Still got lots more to resolute but I'm not sure can accomplish the list above or not.




Have a good year in 2007 everyone! Cheers!

Mobile phones

I’m absolutely crazy about mobile phones. Here's a recall of all the mobile phones which I owned before.

Nokia 3210 : my first Nokia phone given by my ex-bf in 1997

Nokia 3310 : given by the same ex-bf in 1999

Nokia 8250 : exchanged with a friend for my 3310 as the keypad is too small for his hand

Nokia 6610: My first color phone where my ex-bf signed up DiGi 2-year plan in exchange with this phone but in the end not worth it, so I sold it to my ex-boss and got the money for a new phone in 2003. Ya I broke up with my him the same year but informed him about selling the phone as it's still his property.

Oh ya I was a Nokia fan all along.

I went to Hong Kong in 2003 with Ivy and met up with her friend Winnie who owned a Samsung S300 and immediately made a decision to get the same phone back home. The only reason is that the LCD screen can be used as a mirror when the phone is not in use.

Samsung S300: My first clamshell phone bought by me.

But soon, everybody is so into camera phones and I suddenly discovered that Sony Ericsson really have some fantastic phones after the merger (between the ever chunky-ugly Ericsson and Sony). I read some good reviews on the SE phones so decided to get myself a camera phone in 2004.

Sony Ericsson K5001: My first camera and video recording phone (I traded-in my Samsung for this ... can't get much at that time 'sigh'). And I'm no longer a Nokia fan after I bought this phone.

By then a new trend has emerged, all the bluetooth, walkman phone, etc etc. So to keep up with ever changing trends, I'm 'forced' by my inner desire to change my phone again(ya excuse excuse all excuses)!

Sony Ericsson W550i: My first walkman and current phone

So far, I've tried Nokia, Samsung and SE. Nokia is very conservative in their design but no doubt some of their features are quite good like those N-series. And the prices is damn high if compare to the same type of phone by other brands.

But somehow I just don't like Motorola. It's not very user friendly and you need to click here and there to get a simple task completed.

The other one that is now hot in the market is Dopod but not sure how good they are as they are still new in the market. As for others like Alcatel, BenQ-Siemens, LG, Panasonic, etc, er I think I'll give them a miss.

As for my next phone, not sure yet. But I love to get one of these - iPod Nano.

Merry Christmas

Dear Family, Friends and everybody who drop-by,

It's time of the year to enjoy the season before the start of a new year. I hope that we achieved what we intended to in the beginning of the year but if not, then there's always 2007 to look forward to.

I'm currently taking a few days break from all the hassle at work as the saying goes ... "rest is for us to continue the journey further". I've been saving my leave from beginning of the year (although I know some friends who doesn't have enough), my only regret is that I didn't manage to save enough $$$ to have some nice holidays abroad except to Phuket few months back.

My hope at work is that I can survive my fatso big boss (fei kwai) until the new manager comes around. But I know I can never treat him/her the same way I treated my ex-boss, Mr M who can really tolerate me the last 4 years we worked together. I don't think I can find another one like him although he can be quite fussy sometimes!

This Christmas as usual received a lot of gifts from family and friends, thank you all. I hope that we can forget our differences and get on with life. Please forgive me if I said or done anything that pisses you off this year.

Enjoy the season and Merry Christmas Everyone!

A worthy Christmas Musical

I went to watch a Christmas Musical by Metro Tabernacle A/G last Friday (15/12/06) at Hotel Flamingo. Thanks to my colleague, Simone who asked me to tag along as her friend and husband has invited her to watch the production.

"Word on the Street" is a musical that blends a poignant drama of love with live music and energetic dances. This Christmas production reframes the biblical story of Joseph and Mary in a modern era. From happy dreams of engagement to an unjust charge of unfaithfulness, it takes us on a journey that reveals how God works in extraordinary ways using ordinary people. With God’s love, all fears and doubts can be conquered. With God’s love, all things are possible.

The program started with christmas carols. I absolutely love the band aka the musicians. They are a bunch of creative individuals who can really jammed up a good song. Have you sing 'Joy to the World' in rock version! How cool can that be?



After the welcome speech, the musical took place. It's very different from the normal christmas musical as the production team have come up with some pretty interesting ideas to bring the message across to the audience.

The cast did an excellent job portraying each character in the bible. I especially love the Angel named Gabriel. He is so cool as an Angel. No he doesn't have the 'ring' on top of his head or wings. Hmm lets see he's like Will Smith in 'Hitch' ha ha ha. But seriously I love that guy's acting and how I wish the Angel assigned to look after me is just like him (if there's any)!



Overall the whole musical was good. Their targeted audience this time is more towards young people and I believe that God has already leave an impression in their heart. I truly enjoyed myself and looking forward to more exciting production in the future.

Anyway, you can visit their website @ http://christmas.metrotab.org to check out the details.

My wish

The sign says:
The Centaur—the combination of horse and man, and the Sagittarius symbol—represents a combination of powerful intellect teamed with physical strength and energy. These are strong, independent spirits, full of energy, versatility and adventurousness. The Sagittarius loves travel and exploration—the more so because their minds are constantly open to new dimensions of thought. Ambitious and optimistic, these are the types of people whose hopes are not easily dashed, and who, perhaps because of this, tend to find much luck in life.

I'm born on this day - 18 December under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius. The flower that represents Sagittarius is Gerbera, which is also my favorite flower. How young am I? I wish to be forever 28 ... why because I like the number! This is just the nice age for any girl, so to speak. At 28, she is mature enough to decide what is best for her and yet youthful enough to enjoy life.

What I have achieve so far in my not so roller-coaster ride life? Nothing of important ... yet! So here are a few wishes which I would like to share with you ...


I wish to find my path back to God's kingdom



I wish to spend more time and cherish each moment with my family



picture courtesy of Jenn :P
I wish to share my joy and sorrow with my best friends and hope that our friendship will last a lifetime



I wish to be able to help more people especially children with my ability



I wish to have more patience and be a better person



I wish for world peace



I wish for wiser world leaders

... and many more but till next time ...



A big Thank You to all of you for your gifts, treats and wishes. May God bless each and every one of you no matter where you are and what you do.

One type of rice feed hundreds type of people

LRT is my major transport from one place to another. I observed a lot of people with different type of personalities from all walks of life. Citing a few examples …

Passengers will take their own sweet time to get off the train during rush hours and those boarding the train will all block the entrance when the train arrives and rush to get in when it's so obvious that you can't get in if they don't come out!

After getting off the train, they will all rush for the elevator when the sign clearly stated 'DISABLED ONLY’. The way I see them rush for the elevator door before it closes can qualify for a 100 meter dash in the athletics event which will makes Malaysia aka the Bolehland to gain few medals at the Olympics. Those disable persons (mostly blind people) will have to use the escalator, as the lift is usually full with perfectly normal human beings.



Next …

The company which runs the LRT systems have to placed all kinds of pictures and signages so that those mentally retarded (MR) people will understand the simple rules of letting the people get off the train before they can board!

First they colored a yellow box on the entrance platform so that those MR people will not stand there but obviously this is no use. Then they installed spotlights to shine on the train entrance platform so that MR people will not block the entrance and queue by the side and again not working. After that, they placed A3 size pictures showing how to queue by the side and not block the entrance and yet those MR people will do exactly the opposite. Finally after wasting all the resources, they decided to hire human beings holding loudspeaker to shout at them for not queuing up!

On the train …

Once they found a seat, these people will treat it as if their house sofa where basically the whole leg is stretch out so that you will need to cross over their leg to find a standing spot or get off the train. I once purposely stepped on this girl out-stretched feet when I was getting off the train and I feel so good to teach her a lesson!



If there are no seats available, these people like to find the nearest pole and slump their whole body against it and don’t give a damn of the rest of the passengers who is holding the pole for balancing.

On handphones …

When they speak on their mobile, they basically shouted on top of their lungs and forced everyone within 3 meters to listen to their conversation (hello, wei)! Or they will play with their ridiculous ringtones and irritates everyone around (that includes me of coz).

The best one so far is a young malay couple who blasted their phones with the muslim prayer rhymes to remind other races that it’s their prayer time. And it lasted for a whole 5 minutes with those brainless cow holding up their handphone midair and look at everybody. How pathetic can that be? For goodness sake, they mean to tell me that the muslim brothers and sister don’t know their prayer time and need someone to remind them?? What do they expect them to do? Kneel down and pray on the darn train! Duh ...



Can you imagine how many people with low mentality around us? Sigh ... no wonder Malaysia is so way behind in development ... with these type of people how to go further? We are lucky that we don't go backwards like Kelantan who practices absurd rules and regulations!

As the Chinese saying goes : Yat Yong Mai Yong Pak Yong Yan ... hmm how true.

Lets be merry

It's the time of the year again ... I love Christmas! I love seeing xmas tree everywhere with lovely deco and lightings. Especially the malls where they like to compete to have the tallest xmas tree with the best deco. It makes me feel happy shopping and i get to choose presents for my beloved friends who celebrates christmas with me. I still have not figure out what to get as I want to make it special every time I give someone a present as those who receive from me are all special person in their own way. But then again, December is the time where I spend lotsa of $$$ bcos of xmas, birthdays, treats and a little something for myself. This time around I need to watch my spending according to my budget don't want to overdo it. Maybe I'll just forgo that little treats for myself and wait till my bonus (usually in Feb) if there's any which i doubt ... but its ok I'm happy walking around malls and enjoy the xmas carols, deco and do some window shoppings.

Enjoy the season everyone and lets be merry!!!


deco @ Starhill



xmas tree @ KLCC

A helping hand

I came across a TV advertisement on World Vision Malaysia few months back on their child sponsorship programme. So I checked them out on the web and found out that they are actually a global Christian relief and development organization working for the well being of all people, especially children. Funds are obtained via several channels and one of them is the Child Sponsorship Programme.

After reading what they do, I’ve decided to sign up as a child sponsor by paying RM50 per month. I know it’s not a lot but my hope is that the child I sponsored will have a better future ahead of her.

Once you signed up as a child sponsor, they will allocate a child to you and provide you with all the necessary information. The child allocated to me is from Myanmar and her name is Smile Chit Su. She is 8 years old. Below is a letter written by her brother on her behalf in Myanmar language and the English-translated letter by World Vision in Bangkok.



Please check out the website and consider being a sponsor. I hope that everybody will lend a helping hand in a small way to make this world a better place to live.

GOD BLESS EVERYONE!

Sawatdee Kaa ... Phuket

Me, my sister and two cousin sisters (yup all girls trip) decided to go for a short holiday for a break from all the hassle at work. So we boarded the plane on 8 Oct 2006 to Phuket for a 4 days 3 nites trip. Our last holiday together was to Hong Kong back in 2004. Planned for a US trip last year but didn't make it due to budget constrain so we went for a much much cheaper trip instead.



This is where we stayed - Patong City Hotel. This place is surrounded by some shops and a block of 3-storey high flats in town. The hotel is actually at the end of a small road. Room very hot when we reached as my guess is that long time nobody stay but quite clean. No kettle to boil water but the hotel provide 2 bottles of mineral water everyday. It's probably pipe water who knows? The noisy air-cond is the ancient type fixed near the bed and it really irritates during the nite when you are not sure if its the air-cond sound or 'other sound' you heard in the room (no thanks to someone reminded me of the Tsunami incident where many people died) ... creeps. Managed to sleep thru the 3 nites but not recommended. There are other better hotels e.g. the Patong Beach Hotel (directly opposite Patong beach) .


Pure breed mongrel owned by a tailor outside the hotel ... cute fella


This is the famous Patong beach with the 100 baht (RM10) chair for rent . You can use it for the whole day but who would like to use it as it's the rainy season in Phuket during that time. Not many tourist as it's not the peak season. No bikini view so my cousins and sister did a yoga session on the sandy beach ... crazy!


Opposite Patong beach ... rows of shops selling imitations i.e. tees, sandals, bikinis, bags, etc

Places we visited ...

Elephant Farm - the thing which greeted us upon arrival are the elephant's shit. The portion is like "aint' no mountain high enough" (euwww). The elephants are all chained to a block of wood with the shortest chain available so that they can only stand for the whole day. There's no place for them to sit as their shit is everywhere. They will munch some leaves and wait for the day to end so that they can take a rest before the start of yet another torturing day. The elephant ride cost about 800 bhat (RM80) for 1/2 hour or something. Nobody go for it. We even have to buy a pathetic 50 baht rotten bananas to feed one poor baby jumbo which is also chained up.


Baby jumbo waiting for his food ... please feed me i need food as these bloody fellas never give me anything to eat except grass &*%$^#@!


Prompthep Cape - where you can view Phuket island and the surrounding beaches. Quite a spectacular view.


One of the 1st stop when we arrived in Phuket as part of the tour. Apparently this is the place to go if you are interested in Thailand's jewelry. Design a bit chunky and very pricey ... not part of my budget so just take a look and left.



Wat Chalong Temple


Monkey mountain ... hmm wonder which is the monkey king with 72 changes?


On the boat ride along Phang Nga Bay to James Bond island (40 mins from the hotel to reach the jetty and 45 mins to the island) . The engine is very noisy ... have to shout on top of our lungs and the water from the river will splashed all over our face during the ride - better than any 'miracle water' ...


I wish i bought my umbrella along &%$#


The ride ...


Elephant mountain - no elephants but part of the mountain is sort of look like an elephant trunk


Doggies mountain - no dogs either


James Bond island - the entrance ... we are allowed to explore for 30 mins nothing much to see lah


The official signage, also known as Tapu Island by the Thai people. This is where Christopher Lee and Roger Moore filmed those James Bond movies some 25 years ago.


The famous rock


Stalls selling souvenirs next to each other ... same products but different proprietor who speaks excellent English with an even excellent Thai accent with a mixture of one or two words in mandarin. Stuff they sell not cheap but need to do some heavy bargaining ... just threaten them to go next stall and they will ask you "How much?" then take out their calculator and give you their price. Some even pulled us when we are bargaining at the stall and said they will offer cheap cheap price ... hmm sang yi nan jo (business hard to do). Managed to bought some necklace and elephant statues made of sea shells.

The food

Fried glass noodles thai style - ingredients more than noodles


Tom Yam Kung - the best dish ... just the right taste, hot and sour all blended so well together


Phad Thai - this dish so so only


Pineapple fried rice - eh why not in a pineapple skin ah? They used ham and sausages but the taste don't go well with the pineapple. Not very tasty.


Curry veggies - not bad


Fried veggies - tasty


Prawn and squid salad - nice


Fish paste - ok lah


Phuket McDonalds - glutinous rice burger with pork. They used glutinous rice stick together as bread with a slice of pork grilled in some sauce with cabbage and onions. Err very 'jelak' after eating the 1st piece of glutinous rice. Just wanna to give it a try ...


Err not part of the food but a cute shih tzu looking after the shop (an tourist information centre) for her owner ... sawadeeka!

Overall we had a good trip. We did a lot of walking (very tiring) around the beach and town area shopping for the best deal. Not everyone entertain us as they are more interested to do business with kwai lohs probably because they are loaded. But not all are willing to part with the monies even the kwai lohs. Most of the kwai lohs (especially the men, young or old) go to Phuket to look for Thai girls.

The nightlife is really an eye opener for a first timer to Phuket. The famous road is called 'Bangla Road' in the middle of Phuket town. There are bars, disco, clubs everywhere with skimpy dress Thai girls dancing on the table. Some of the girls just sit on the bar stools and wait for any kwai lohs to come along. The truth is there are more supply than demand so no wonder those Thai girls are so desperate to get a client. All the shortest skirts and sexiest top will be seen on them. Anyway not all girls are girls and you need to really look carefully for the original breed ...

One thing which is very irritating is when we walked past by those tailor shops and the workers (mostly indians) outside the shop will asked you this question everytime - "Hello, where are you from? Singapore? Malaysia? Korea? Japan?" Usually we just ignored them and move along until one day I can't stand it anymore and replied "India"! They got a shocked but was quick to replied "Indian women very strong" ... duh!

We tried the famous Thai body and foot massage for 400 baht quite cheap for a 2-hour treat. The masseuse are all professionals who know where to hit the right spot! I can feel my muscles all loosen up. Highly recommended but must look for the right kind of shop and not those who offer other extra services ...

Our plan is to go to Los Angeles next year but all have to depend on whether the holes in our pocket can be mended or will it get bigger and bigger. In the mean time we will just need to concentrate on getting the big bucks (any ideas?) or else start saving loh ... tighten tummy 'sigh'